Those tensions are now testing the relationship between President Trump and the man he has stubbornly refused to criticize, Vladimir Putin after the United States expelled 60 russian spies from the country on monday, the kremlin retaliated yesterday by ordering the removal of 60 american diplomats and forcing closure of a u. S. Consulate in st. Petersburg. Hours later in a conspicuous show of force, the kremlin test launched a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile this morning. It is said to be capable of delivering up to 15 nuclear warheads. Putin claims the weapon is impervious to american defenses. All of this sparked by the unprecedented chemical attack this month against a former russian spy and his daughter on british soil, that the uk and u. S. Both blame on russia. Despite russias provocations which date back to interference in the election, the new Russian Ambassador to the United States says both countries are to blame. Why do you think the relationship between our two count
SIR – The concept of GPs having their own patients (Leading Article, November 30) – as envisaged by Nye Bevan – was destroyed in 2004, when NHS contracts were shifted from individual doctors to practices. Before that, a named doctor had cradle-to-grave responsibility for named patients. The doctor was the general practitioner; now it is a general practice that handles those who manage to get through the door. Often the care itself is carried out by locums. The dissatisfaction, among both patient
“A riddle, wrapped in an enigma, inside a mystery.” That is how Winston Churchill, the great wartime leader of Great Britain, described the difficulty of dealing with Russia. He spoke the words in 1939, shortly after the outbreak of World War II in Europe.